Announcement of the France 2030 Investment Plan

France 2030, investment plan of 30 billion euros will benefit a dozen activity sectors including digital, hydrogen, batteries, space, health or culture.With France 2030, Emmanuel Macron aims to allow France and Europe to regain their independence on industries and future skills.This plan will complement the 100 billion post-Covid recovery plan which concerns measures implemented quickly.

1st green hydrogen projects

In September 2020, Barbara Pompili, Minister of Ecological Transition and Bruno Lemaire, Minister of the Economy, presented France's hydrogen strategy and launched the great hydrogen plan with 7 billion euros.The first projects are materialized: HDF (Hydrogen de France) announces the financing of its first hydrogen power plant in Guyana speaks Group Méridiam up to 60% and 30% for the Rubis group.The start of construction being planned for this fall.The LHYFE start-up inaugurated its Vendée site last Thursday, it is specialist in electrolyzes directly linked to wind turbines.It will thus be able to feed the Mans or La Roche-sur-Yon bus network.

That same day, the National Hydrogen Council was held at the Ministry of Finance."France must be the world leader in green hydrogen" said Bruno Le Maire who wants to develop hydrogen for heavy transport (public transport, etc.) as a priority and decarbon..

Start -up of SMR or Small Modular Reactors

SMRs are among the ten technologies selected by the government.As part of the French nuclear industry recovery plan, the SMRs will play a strategic role.Emmanuel Macron revealed that Neward is not the only project of modular pressurized water reactors.These small reactors would bring a less expensive and faster solution than large long -to -build factories and difficult to finance.Nuclear is an essential tool in the race against global warming.In this struggle, electricity must weigh 20 to 40% to reduce carbon emissions.France will engage more in electric batteries, the smart car, artificial intelligence, new environment technologies and agriculture.For this, she needs actors in these areas and will therefore have to train young people in these skills and businesses.

Bruno Le Maire hopes for the rapid construction of factories in France.European manufacturers and industrialists no longer want to depend on Asia, collaboration in the storage of electricity and the production of batteries is a key to the automobile of the future.Thus Stellantis and Total-Saft have joined in the creation of ACCs and will install their 1st battery factory in Pas-de-Calais in Douvrin.Invision, Chinese group, must settle in the north of France, too, supported by Renault.He awaits the green light from the National Commission for Public Debate.